[Winona Online Democracy]
If, as you say, we should throw them all out, will you be willing to run for
office? Someone needs to hold the office of mayor and counselman/woman.
You sound as though you know answers that are needed. I encourage you to
file for office.
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From: "David" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "E Democracy" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2006 9:57 PM
Subject: Re: [Winona] Immigration
[Winona Online Democracy]
On Apr 18, 2006, at 06:19, Dwayne and Denine Voegeli wrote:
[Winona Online Democracy]
About immigration...
It's interesting that we have many people who strongly support the
supposed "free" trade ideas but most of those same people are also
staunchly opposed to the free movement of people across borders.
I would argue, it is interesting that people support free trade, but when
competing for laborers involves raising pay, the same parties run to the
government to alter the market, again.
Apparently "freedom" only applies to boxes and cheap plastic things but
not to people.
Would we even be discussing this issue if it weren't for some trying to
whip up a frenzy in their political bases?
And a nice motivation it is, tapping into almost pure racism and
prejudice.
The huge rallies across the nation, some that have set records for the
largest events ever in some cities, are very hopeful to see.
Any issue presented in an election year is for purely political reasons.
Many of these issues never see the light of day. We have seen this with
abortion, taxes, social security, the thirty-five faces on the war against
terrorism, and now likely immigration. Everyone will get worked up into a
partisan frenzy and will be convinced the apocalypse will occur if the
other side is elected. Again, the environment in Saint Paul and
Washington, D.C. will prevent real issues from moving forward. Again, two
more years will pass where essential issues will not be addressed unless
another 9-11, Pearl Harbor, San Francisco earthquake, Katrina, or similar
disaster occurs.
"In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem;
government is the problem." --Ronald Reagan, January 20, 1981.
The Mexican government and their policies that stagnate the economy leave
individuals no choice but to migrate to the states for employment. What
can the US do to make it clear that Mexico needs to reform its economy so
that persons from Mexico need not take drastic steps of uprooting their
families? Short of annexation, practically nothing, however, the
immigration debate may send a few messages south of the Rio. However, no
one, not the Republican bomb throwers nor the Democratic race-baiters is
willing to recognize that the problem is deeper than the simple solutions
that the activists on both sides are demanding.
It would be great to have an event of some kind in Winona to acknowledge
the rights of immigrants, to honor their presence and work, and to
protect them against unfair laws.
The problem is the US issues so few visas to facilitate movement of
Mexican migrants that it is more cost-effective to move illegally. Rather
than complain incessantly about immigration, which seems a non-issue in
Winona why not complain about and protest the messed up US Tax Code that
affects everyone adversely in countless ways. What about... pick an issue
that affects residents unfairly.
It would also be nice to see the City Council and Mayor actually take a
position to prod Winona State into dealing with the parking problem rather
than enacting policies that will make it worse ten years from now.
It would also be nice to see the City Council and Mayor bring real
employment into Winona, rather than Wal*Mart which redistributes existing
employment rather than creating new employment.
It would also be nice to see the City Council and Mayor take notice that
Winona generates plenty of graduates every year but, few can stay in
Winona thanks to a lackluster local market for degree bearing positions.
(This bears a strange similarity to the plight of Mexican immigrants who
leave Mexico for greener pastures.)
It would also be nice to see the City Council and Mayor actually lay down
some position on trying to deal with the traffic on the
Mankato-Sarnia-Homer corridor, but none will occur, because they are more
concerned with vanity issues.
It would also be nice to see the City Council and Mayor deliver. Throw
them out, all of them, as they have failed, again.
May the Statue of Liberty always stand tall and proud.
:->
Dwayne Voegeli
April 18, 2006
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